MissTinkerbell
17-12-2008, 04:03 PM
....when they are SO obviously not well.:panic:
Mindee came last Tuesday and dad said she had a temp but they'd given her Calopol and she was now OK. Stupidly I agreed to have her. She deteriorated during the day and her temp rocketed to 40 degrees. I sent her home. She was off on the Wed but came back on the Thursday. She wasn't too bad. Friday she came having been up most of the night with a bad cough.:angry:
She came Monday but I refused to have her - told she had a temp and could see she had a runny nose and really bad cough. I suggested they get her in at the docs. She was off Tuesday. Dad dropped her off this morning saying she'd had no breakfast because she refused it but had been playing yesterday.:rolleyes:
She cried for 15 minutes after dad left. She rallied at little and then went down for a nap at 9.30. Woke at 12.30 very distressed - refused lunch and a drink and an ice lolly. Phoned both mum and dad but both phones going to voice mail. Eventually got in touch with dad who came and picked her up. Told him that I didn't want her back until she was completely better. Although no doubt she'll pobably turn up Friday morning!
I'm seriously considering rewriting my sick child policy to say that if a parent feels a child needs Calpol, etc then they need to be at home. My own little boy has developed a chest infection and my 2 girls have been ill and I'm sure that this is down to the fact that I've had a sick mindee.
What do you guys do about sick mindees - when do you accept them and when do you say 'no'. This is all new to me and I hate saying no but its now made both me and my own children ill.
Mindee came last Tuesday and dad said she had a temp but they'd given her Calopol and she was now OK. Stupidly I agreed to have her. She deteriorated during the day and her temp rocketed to 40 degrees. I sent her home. She was off on the Wed but came back on the Thursday. She wasn't too bad. Friday she came having been up most of the night with a bad cough.:angry:
She came Monday but I refused to have her - told she had a temp and could see she had a runny nose and really bad cough. I suggested they get her in at the docs. She was off Tuesday. Dad dropped her off this morning saying she'd had no breakfast because she refused it but had been playing yesterday.:rolleyes:
She cried for 15 minutes after dad left. She rallied at little and then went down for a nap at 9.30. Woke at 12.30 very distressed - refused lunch and a drink and an ice lolly. Phoned both mum and dad but both phones going to voice mail. Eventually got in touch with dad who came and picked her up. Told him that I didn't want her back until she was completely better. Although no doubt she'll pobably turn up Friday morning!
I'm seriously considering rewriting my sick child policy to say that if a parent feels a child needs Calpol, etc then they need to be at home. My own little boy has developed a chest infection and my 2 girls have been ill and I'm sure that this is down to the fact that I've had a sick mindee.
What do you guys do about sick mindees - when do you accept them and when do you say 'no'. This is all new to me and I hate saying no but its now made both me and my own children ill.